Our Christmas day was beyond wonderful. It is such a special day and so magical through the eyes of our little ones. Aubrey first woke up at 3am saying "I think Santa came!" we told her to go back to bed for a little more time and we would all wake up soon. We ended up all sleeping until about 7am. When we came down the stairs we were sure Santa made a visit to our house.
We love the snow prints he leaves every year and how he wraps each kids gift in different wrapping paper. Aubrey had Frozen wrapping paper this year and Carter had star wars.
We then went and saw that Santa ate all the cookies, drank our milk and left a note.
It was then stocking time. As you can see Deuce is excited too.
The kids were so appreciative of everything. They loved all their gifts and they got just as excited about giving gifts this year. How sweet it is to see their giving spirit.
What a sweet moment!! I love these too more then anything.
The final gifts were from us. We knew they would guess them if they saw them wrapped under the tree so we put 2 gift bags with string tied on them. Inside the bag was a card that said follow the string.
The string lead them up to the theater room. Under the upstairs tree was there big gifts that they wanted so bad! The Lego Friend Hotel and the Star Wars Millennium Falcon Lego set.
Their expressions were price list. I'm glad we got it on video. Carter (fake) fainted he was so excited.
We were so happy to be able to get them these sets they have been eyeing them for a very long time.
Well here is the aftermath of the morning!
What a great time we had. We were hosting my family sides Christmas party that day so it was nice to be able to take our time and really enjoy since we didn't have to go anywhere. We made our annual Christmas breakfast of cinnamon rolls, eggs and sausage.
After some food it was straight to opening boxes and building. Carter just amazes us with his ability to do these 7+ Lego sets on his own. He is such a smart 5 year old!!!
Aubrey is also a great builder and follower of directions. She put her new Barbie camper together.
There's always some time for a friendly light saber match.
The kids looked so cute Christmas day! Everyone was in good moods and happy the entire day it was very special.
I had fun setting the table for our Christmas dinner.
At around 1:30 Nana, Papa, Titi, Gaga and Great Grandpa made their way over to Merced and after bringing in all their gifts it looked like Santa came again.
I was so happy to have may family over and I was excited I got this picture. I need to take more group shots from the stair case it looks so cool.
After some snacks and visiting we went into gift opening. Spencer was a great Santa's helper passing out all the gifts.
So much fun opening gifts, laughing, visiting and just being together.
The whole family went in together for Spencer and I's gift. We got a certificate for a hotel, dinner and baby sitting how awesome is that a night for just the 2 of us!
I was so happy that we had Great Grandpa with us this year.
The kids were spoiled beyond belief!
It was then time for the last 2 kids gifts from Nana and Papa. Aubrey had asked Santa for a singing machine and I think she thought she wasn't going to get it since she didn't open one that morning. When she opened her gift she was shocked, surprised, and excited all in one. She is in love with it!!! We have had karaoke night pretty much every night since Christmas. It also is the first thing she shows a friend when she has a play date. It is loads of fun.
Then it was Carter's turn.......
You can tell how excited he was!!! We are big bike riders and his 12 inch bike was making him fall very behind us now with his 18 inch bike he is the leader of the pack. He has plenty of room to grow and is in love with the colors and with how fast it goes.
After we played with some of our goodies we got ready for dinner. Spencer is the main chef he made an outstanding prime rib for dinner. It was amazing. He also made his honey cashew green beans and I did my party potatoes and crescent rolls. Titi and Nana made a green salad and their yummy ambrosia salad. Oh what an amazing meal!
After dinner we braved the cold and watched Carter break in his new bike.
He looks so great on it!!
Then it was dessert time. Titi made a Yule Log Cake for dessert. The kids and us have been getting into some fun baking competitions on Food Network and so they requested this from Titi this year. She did such a great job! Look at those adorable mushrooms. What a fun yummy treat!
Then we took some family pictures.
I adore this family!!!
Mom had brought me these beautiful flowers and I got to enjoy them for 2 weeks after Christmas.
After our good byes we got in our jammies and enjoyed playing the really cute mustache game from Titi as a family. so Fun!!!
Carter finished one of his Lego ships he got from Santa that night while the rest of us watched a Christmas movie. I was determined to still watch Christmas movies and listen to Christmas music the next week. I didn't want the season to be over. Isn't Carter just amazing?!?
We also played with daddy's new virtual reality toy he got from Santa this year.
What an amazing, wonderful, special, magical, perfect day!!! We are so blessed. Thank you to our family for everything and for this wonderful Christmas, 2015.
I wanted to note that this whole season Carter has reminded us of the reason for the season. He would say every day that it was almost Jesus Birthday. We did not forget it for a moment. We are so glad that we have faith and love for our Heavenly Father and for Jesus Christ. We hope it was a Merry Christmas for all.
